Together, the suite of extensions above forms what we termed the ��MIxS Profile��. The discussions have formed a starting point http://www.selleckchem.com/products/Bortezomib.html for further discussion in developing the MIxS Profile and further discussions have already ensued at the iDigBIO Workshop in Florida in March, 2012 regarding the composition of extensions in the profile and the properties defined within each extension. Genomic repositories Five genomic repositories were identified for engagement to begin the process of testing the publishing of genomic data to the GBIF network: WFCC (World Federation of Culture Collections); already a participant in GBIF (new MoU signed) but database has moved from Japan to China and there is requirement to work with Dr Juncai Ma to connect the new server. SILVA [14] (http://www.arb-silva.
de/) provides up to date, quality controlled databases of aligned rRNA sequences from the Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya domains. All sequences have associated contextual information, multiple taxonomic classifications, and the latest validly described nomenclature. MG-RAST [15] (http://metagenomics.anl.gov/), metagenomics Rapid Annotation using Subsystem Technology enables taxonomic and functional classification of metagenomic sequences. Moorea Biocode Project (http://www.mooreabiocode.org/) is creating the first comprehensive inventory of all non-microbial life in a complex tropical ecosystem including construction of a library of genetic markers and physical identifiers for every species of plant, animal and fungi. The MicrobeDB.jp project including MEO (http://mdb.bio.titech.ac.
jp/meo/about_meo) coordinates microbial genomic and metagenomic data, and is supported by NBDC (National Bioscience Database Center, http://biosciencedbc.jp/nbdc.cgi?lng=en), Japan. As a representative of SILVA was participating in the meeting (PY), it was possible to explore in some detail the structure of this database and its mapping to the DwC-A format, and in the weeks immediately following the workshop, a prototype export was completed and is currently being processed by GBIF. SILVA data was represented as a Darwin Core Occurrence, plus two extensions; Literature References and Identification History. As the core requires a taxonomic designation for each sequence, the SILVA classification was chosen. Alternative taxonomic opinions are represented in the Identification History extension.
The core contains relevant rRNA sequence metadata parsed by SILVA from EMBL-ENA, which are mapped to relevant Darwin Core properties. For example, ��collection_date�� field is represented by verbatimEventDate, while ��country�� corresponds to locality. The Literature References extension Brefeldin_A contains the publication title, identifier, journal, as well as author information, if these were present alongside sequence records. Finally, the Identification History extension was used to represent the different taxonomic opinions for the sequences, i.e.